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My "Beyond 'Q'" series is now complete.
I hope it will be considered a comprehensive review of how QAnon evolved after Q & continued to cause harm.
If you have time, I truly hope you are able to read all 3 parts.
Alex Kaplan
@AlKapDC
Senior Researcher @mmfa, focusing on social media misinfo/disinfo & online extremism. Statements are mine, not employer's. Send tips to [email protected]
Joined November 2015
- Some in the far-right have been sharing memes based on George Floyd's murder to mock the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a ICE officer. (Have blurred the images.)
- During an "election integrity" chat on a podcast last month, conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root suggested he was behind Trump saying he'd pardon Pete Rose & was "the guy who ... created the ideas of no tax on Social Security & no tax on overtime & sold them to" Trump.
- Nick Fuentes on his show the day after Christmas credited social media platforms & their supposed policy reversals as "the number one thing" for his alleged recent rise in popularity, mentioning platforms like Instagram & YouTube specifically. mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes/n…
